In September 2022, American punk-rock band Green Day—whose albums like Dookie (1994), with over 30 million copies sold, defined the 90s sound and became a Gen X manifesto—returned to Rock in Rio, the legendary festival founded in 1985 by Roberto Medina as a global rock platform in Rio de Janeiro, where their first show in 25 years highlighted day five alongside Guns N' Roses. The 90-minute Palco Mundo set, captured professionally, embodied their Latin American tour climax, with Billie Joe Armstrong's charisma and Mike Dirnt's guitar riffs alternating classics like "American Idiot" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" with covers of KISS' "Rock and Roll All Nite" and Operation Ivy's "Knowledge", sparking massive sing-alongs among 120,000 under tropical sun. Featuring improvisational fan invites onstage, this performance underscored the band's resilience after 27 years, turning Cidade do Rock into a collective rebellion arena.